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entstehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accrue verb To increase, to rise
  • arise verb To come into being, appear, or start happening.
  • form noun The shape or visible structure of something.
  • originate verb To come into existence, or to have a particular starting point.

Senses

entstehen is used for these senses in English:

  • accrue (intransitive) To increase, to rise
  • arise (intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
  • come into being (idiomatic) To form; to start to exist.
  • form (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
  • originate (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]

accrue — full definition

  1. verb To increase, to rise
  2. verb To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
  3. verb To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
  4. verb To accumulate.

arise — full definition

  1. verb To come into being, appear, or start happening.
  2. verb To get up, especially from sleep or a resting position (somewhat literary).

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